Cookie Information Page

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org or for a video about cookies visit www.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/data-on-the-web/cookies. Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. The cookies used on this website have been categorized based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide.

Category 1: strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. These cookies ensure you are a member of a website and help determind your level of access including cotrol of your own profile and pictures.

Category 2: performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

Category 3: functionality cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Category 4: targeting cookies or advertising cookies

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.

Other Third party Cookies

This site uses Google Analytics and other analytics programs to measure, track and provide us with information that can lead us to provide a better service for our members.These services use cookies that are saved onto the users computers. Google Analytics and other services store information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your real name or full address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

Disallowing or removing cookies

You may use your browser settings to prevent the installation of cookies. Do a search on “cookies” in the help section of you browser settings. This will lead you to instructions on how to prevent cookies being installed. Preventing cookies may lead to this website or parts of this website not functioning correctly or from functioning at all.

Some cookies are “session” cookies only, which mean they are removed once you close your browser . Some are permanent and are saved on your computer. To delete all cookies most browsers have a tool which will allow you to easily remove all cookies on your computer. If you remove all cookies some of your settings may not be remembered by this site and you will have to reenter the information.